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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone else has used clindamycin and had a somewhat bad experience with it. I'm 5 weeks into the treatment, combined with differin, and I have forehead acne that I've never had before that blew up a week into the clindamycin treatment, especially when I used only clinda. right before a facial.
I think it's contributing because I'm athletic (taekwondo) and sweat a lot on my forehead, so I'm wondering if it's clogging my pores because they're small whiteheads that disappear then reappear the next day. Differin destroys them, then more pop up the next day. Rinse and repeat.
A few old posts from the 2000s maybe shows people had the same reaction but, anyone from this year? lol.
update: YEP. Clindamycin was clogging my pores, not only that but since it's a topical antibiotic it was causingMAJOR flareups in my digestive system (I have possible IBS) and it made me overall feel awful. Trust your senses when you feel like something is off because it definitely wasn't working for me. I know it works for some people, but that's the frustrating part of a skincare routine.. everyone is different.
My forehead acne is going down and the ones that were caused by the clindamycin are still there but should go down soon. My face overall feels and looks better because it was making it look really waxy and oily.
I wanted to give another update and say that my skin is basically 90% clear now, all due in part to the differin, which I believe is going to be the start of week 6 on Monday.
I have a few actives on my forehead due to digestive issues or possible clogged pores, a few on my chin due to hormones, and one or two lingering near my nose still but otherwise I've never been happier!